Post by hayesydaze on Oct 6, 2010 21:22:54 GMT -5

Going into season 4, I must admit that I had some pretty low expectations. From what I'd heard, everyone seems to loathe every plot development from here on out, but I have to say...so far I'm quite enjoying this.

Seeing D&M apart gives us a chance to see (at least from David's end) how much Maddie means to him. When they're together, the characters seem to take each other for granted, so I'm liking the way David is forced by the contrivances of the writers to show how much he cares.

The scene where he ran because of the pager and the ending letter were just so heartbreaking...but fulfilling, in a way, too. I'm just waiting for the other shoe to drop and them to not pull through on Maddie's end of things.

Post by 1987 on Oct 6, 2010 21:35:11 GMT -5

I feel exactly like you do about season 4. I loved the angst and it was how we really got to see how much he loved her. Bruce was so awesome carrying the show here. Even though they were apart, it still worked because the writers were true to the characters. When that changed the whole show changed.

I find myself watching season 4 more than seasons 1 & 2. I must be a sucker for the drama and longing. As a woman, who doesn't want to be loved like David loved Maddie? Faults, hang-ups, neurosis and all, he loved her unconditionally. And she loved him too but wasn't ready to face such strong emotions.

Father Knows Last is in my top 5 favorite episodes. Wait until you get to that gem

Post by bluemoonshampoo on Mar 4, 2011 10:47:20 GMT -5

I feel exactly like you do about season 4. I loved the angst and it was how we really got to see how much he loved her. Bruce was so awesome carrying the show here. Even though they were apart, it still worked because the writers were true to the characters. When that changed the whole show changed.

This is so true 1987 - I too watch it for the angst. When you see how much he loves her, it's over-whelming! The writers really got them in this series - so even though they're apart, at least we see them written in the right colours!

TALATA is actually super clever- hats off to our writer here who did such an amazing job of juxtaposing David's depressive mood with the crazy case - we even get some great jokes despite the melancholy.

Bruce played David to perfection here - I loved and hated, in equal measure, watching his desperation for that one phone call! Thanks to a Moonlighting friend of mine (That's you lovely), I read a description of a dream sequence that was supposed to echo this desperation as David tries to take her call but he keeps being thwarted by busy call boxes, phones that don't work or don't have mouth pieces and is finally shot and can't answer the phone and he's lying there still trying to say 'Maddie, I tried!' - I wish they'd kept that in :-)

And finally...the chase is immense - that writer just knew we needed a pick me up and delivered with one of my favourite chase scenes with the vintage bi-planes! So funny when Bert complains that it's a little intense for his first chase...some lovely 4th wall stuff- reminding us of the show's warmer side.

Oh- sorry one more thing- is it just me, or does your heart break when he writes his letter to Maddie in the last scene and signs off with 'this is all a bunch of crap, I'm miserable and I want you to come home.' I just want to give him a hug!

Post by sandra on Sept 16, 2011 16:02:38 GMT -5

Well, after yesterday's ordeal with Come back Little Shiksah I'm really surprised how much I enjoyed this one! That's quite... ODDD.

Of course, the Big Little Man in this episode is Bert. I love his interaction with David. He is great in his worrying support, and I love how he won't let David push him away, how he looks behind the mask and feels for him ("Looks like there's always someone leaving someone else...") - the beepers, the partering in the case... very sweet how David finally surrenders, and I love how he presents him as "my associate Herbert Viola"! Very funny moment when Bert asks "Could I talk to you outside for a minute?"

Bert and David are a great team, even if - of course - they're not equals, because "In every two-man team, there has to be a top dog and a second banana. Do I look like a fruit?"

Of course, the chase scene is absolutely hysterical and good for a few nice lines:

"Flow like you've never flown before.""That's not difficult. I have never flown before."

"You even start to sound like the blonde."

And I love how, after Bert had "cracked the case wide open" totally wrong at the beginning, he gets it in the end, and he and david understand each others without words, and David lets him present the solution: "Bull's Eye."

Of course, this funny and touching moments that leave a good, a warm and cozy feeling, are desperately needed to make the heartbreaking stuff more bearable, and there's lots of it in there, even if it's not as assaulting like in the previous episode...

The way Maddie's parents try to figure out what causes her pain and don't manage to get through to her. I really love Alex and Virginia.

The way David always asks Agnes "She didn't happen to...?"

The way he sends Bert home: "Make Agnes a good dinner. You're a lucky man."

The way he wakes to the sound of the phone in the middle of the night, covered in sweat, from an obviously restless sleep, and calls out Maddie's name.

The way he wrenches his guts and brain to find the right approach for his letter - very cleverly shot that, when we hear the actual version he wrote, we only hear his voice and see the reaction on Maddie's face when she reads the heart-ripping final words. Every time I see her face, I lure myself into thinking Yes! That's it! Now the penny has dropped!